Teleradiology Without Borders
Teleradiology Without Borders (TWB) was a Luxembourg-based nonprofit association (a.s.b.l.) active from 2007 to 2014.
A pioneer of North–South radiological tele-cooperation, TWB provided remote second-opinion radiology in resource-limited medical settings, through a secure professional platform.
- Full name
- Teleradiology Without Borders (TWB)
- Also known as
- Téléradiologie Sans Frontières
- Type
- Nonprofit association (a.s.b.l.)
- Headquarters
- Luxembourg
- Active
- 2007 – 2014
- Founders
- Dr. Jean-Baptiste Niedercorn, MD
Dr. Gérald Wajnapel, MD - Mission
- Second-opinion radiology for resource-limited settings
- Documented areas
- Cameroon · Afghanistan · Burkina Faso · DR Congo · Benin · Rwanda
- Hosted infrastructure
- Paris · New York
Four areas of work
TWB combined technology, volunteer expertise, training and field deployment to improve access to diagnostic imaging.
Platform
Encrypted transmission, analysis and secure archiving of second-opinion radiology.
Tools
Online continuing medical education for areas with low physician density.
Expertise
A cooperative, international radiological expertise network.
Training
Field training missions and the installation of teleradiology units on site.
Chronological milestones
From the founding of TWB in 2007 to its last documented project in 2014.
Full timeline →Founding & launch
TWB is founded; a teleradiology platform hosted in Paris and New York is set up. First projects in Cameroon, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, DR Congo and Benin.
Expertise network
A reading group of 6 readers paired with 6 emitters is formed; reader opinions are judged relevant and useful for 80% of cases handled.
Final project
A miniaturized system for encryption and secure exchange of radiological images, deployed for a radiology service in Benin run by the Order of Malta.
Teleradiology Without Borders (TWB) was a nonprofit association (a.s.b.l.) founded in Luxembourg in 2007 by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Niedercorn, MD and Dr. Gérald Wajnapel, MD. Active until 2014, it built a transcontinental humanitarian teleradiology network relying on infrastructure hosted between France and the United States and on volunteer radiologists based in several countries. This website is maintained as the official historical archive.